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Ah, a sort of "Laramie Project"-type work then? That would be very interesting.

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If you ever try to recognize humanity in any person that is on the Wingnut Bogeyman List©, you will be subjected to summary Allen West-ing (sustained waves of ignorant shrieking) BE WARNED

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She must hate <i>Jesus Christ Superstar</i>. They kill him. Talk about war on Christians.

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Inspector Morse?

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He is also livid over Rossini's depiction of class warfare and abuse of professional position as a hairstylist to cheat a man of a perfectly good woman half his age, and Verdi's encouragement of the hoi polloi freeloading and stealing the fruits of enterprise from honest businesspersons and landlords.

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their idea of culture is watching cars make left turns for three hours

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Not exhausting enough...even though these folks remind me of a toddler who needs a nap.

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it's about time- The met has been trying to blame their financial troubles on local 1 for years

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Clearly the Met is an anti-Semitic organization through and through, which is the only possible explanation of why the General Manager and Music Director are both... wait for it... Jewish!

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Like any of the people who read these columns would actually <em>attend</em> a performance at the Met.

"Met? I thought you said 'Mets'. FREE BARTOLO COLON!"

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I guess I'll have to skip this in favor of The Decapitator of Seville.

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And yet they are still overweight.

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So, Mrs. Abramowitz, other than that, how did you like the play?

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Come into my shop, let me trim your mop.

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They'd probably consider Javert and the Thénardiers the protagonists of the work.

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